When asked how old he thinks the Earth is, Rubio makes that much clear:

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When was the last time the Republicans put up a guy who would smartly Pioli a question like that? Even Paul Ryan couldn't resist taking a crack at abortion during his debate earlier in the fall.

It was amazing how easily you could get the Republican's to snap up bait through this last election cycle.

The economy is in the shitter and they just could not help but tell women what to do with their vaginas and jump up on soapboxes to preach scripture.

Rubio's response there is just brilliant. It threw a bone to the religious right while making the only salient point there is to be made in response to that question - "Who gives a shit?"

Rubio has to be the 2016 candidate and frankly, if the Republicans ever hope to recover from the ass-beating that the 'War on Women' mantra inflicted on them, they have to stop it now before it becomes an accepted part of the narrative. Nikki Haley could do that phenominally well. She is a woman that actually adheres to a fair number of fairly staunch conservative POVs; she could do a very good job of reconciling with women that it is okay to be a woman, be proud of being a woman and still be a Republican.

PLEASE get me an intelligent right-leaning moderate (fiscal conservative, socially liberal) who has at least a BASIC understanding of science. PLEASE. ****ing brutal, there's absolutely no great mystery to any of this shit.

It was amazing how easily you could get the Republican's to snap up bait through this last election cycle.

The economy is in the shitter and they just could not help but tell women what to do with their vaginas and jump up on soapboxes to preach scripture.

Rubio's response there is just brilliant. It threw a bone to the religious right while making the only salient point there is to be made in response to that question - "Who gives a shit?"

Rubio has to be the 2016 candidate and frankly, if the Republicans ever hope to recover from the ass-beating that the 'War on Women' mantra inflicted on them, they have to stop it now before it becomes an accepted part of the narrative. Nikki Haley could do that phenominally well. She is a woman that actually adheres to a fair number of fairly staunch conservative POVs; she could do a very good job of reconciling with women that it is okay to be a woman, be proud of being a woman and still be a Republican.

PLEASE get me an intelligent right-leaning moderate (fiscal conservative, socially liberal) who has at least a BASIC understanding of science. PLEASE. ****ing brutal, there's absolutely no great mystery to any of this shit.

I'm betting that most candidates have a very good understanding of science.

They just pretend not to, as to pander to the dumbasses in the bible belt.

So, if you asked Obama what the age of the Earth is he's just going to rattle off an actual number? That's what we need from politicians, to be able to quickly tell how old the Earth is estimated to be?

I'm betting that most candidates have a very good understanding of science.

They just pretend not to, as to pander to the dumbasses in the bible belt.

when you contemplate their voting record, a lot of them DON'T. I don't expect them to have Ph.D's or anything, but jesus ****ing christ--there are sixth grade science students who have a better grasp of things than they do.

PLEASE get me an intelligent right-leaning moderate (fiscal conservative, socially liberal) who has at least a BASIC understanding of science. PLEASE. ****ing brutal, there's absolutely no great mystery to any of this shit.

And here's the rub. Why should any halfway intelligent moderate buy his economic prescriptions for the country (supply side economics, prolly) when he's this willfully ignorant on accepted scientific principles.